Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail)

It has been given assurances that no prisoners have been brought through the airport.

We talk about indictments and the way in which Ireland has been besmirched by this issue. In the report I have received there are three lines which use the emotive language of collusion and makes reference to the preponderance of evidence gathered. It lists Shannon Airport as being among those airports used for rendition flights and goes on to state these airports are points at which aircraft land and refuel, mostly on the way home.

The major debate in both Houses has concerned the passage of prisoners through the airport. The report found no evidence that prisoners were being transported through the airport but we are now changing the dynamics of the debate.